Abstract
Truck drivers are involved in a disproportionately high number of New Zealand's fatal crashes. Despite the importance of this group, very little research has investigated the role of human factors in these crashes. The current study investigated the relationship that crash involvement amongst truck drivers had with two personality traits (driver selfishness and mild social deviance), aberrant driving behaviour (violations, errors, lapses and aggressive violations) and safety climate. The violations factor was the only direct predictor of crash involvement amongst truck drivers. The relationship was such that a one unit increase in the violations factor score increased the odds of being crash-involved by 49 per cent. In addition, tests for mediation effects revealed that one dimension of driver selfishness, mild social deviance and safety climate all indirectly affected crash involvement. Possible avenues for decreasing truck drivers ' crash involvement are discussed along with some ideas for future research.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Driver Behaviour and Training |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 161-174 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351768948 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780754638353 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |